orth

Cornish

Alternative forms

• worth

Etymology

A permanently lenited form of gorth, now modern gorth- (“anti-”). This mutation (go > o) is extremely uncommon, only occurring in gorsedh and gorour (from gor- + gour), aside from this word.

From Middle Cornish orth, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Old Irish fri), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn”) (compare Latin versus). Cognate with Welsh wrth, Breton ouzh.

Preposition

orth

1. at, against

Inflection

  Standard Cornish

	Singular	Plural
First person	orthiv, ortam, orta vy	orthyn, orten, orta nei
Second person	orthis, ortes, orta jy	orthowgh, ortowgh, orta hwei
Third person	orto, ort ev (m); orti, ort hei(f)	orta, ortans, ort anjei